The exchange of hair from one bodily territory to another was a way to explore this kind of replacement, displacement and replacement.
THE LIVES WE TOW
The metaphor of displacement.
The plinth is slightly too short for the sculpture, which is the length of the artist’s body. As a result, it doesn’t quite fit – much akin to Harding’s own sense of not belonging.
THIS IS OUR TIME
Doesn’t fit physically and emotionally.
As if to wryly illustrate painting’s capacity to prompt self-reflection, the mirror at the centre of Infinitely Rich Qualities of Mind (2017) is empty – a void for us to fill in.
LEIDY CHURCHMAN Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson, USA
The effective way to fill void.
Eva Wang 